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Divine Markets: Ethnographic Notes on Postnationalism and Moral Consumption in India (2017)
Book Chapter
Srivastava, S. (2017). Divine Markets: Ethnographic Notes on Postnationalism and Moral Consumption in India. In D. Rudnyckyj, & F. Osella (Eds.), Religion and the Morality of Market (94-115). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316888704.005

This chapter explores the connections between contemporary practices of religiosity and one of the most sociologically significant processes of contemporary Indian life: consumerism. The chapter builds upon other discussions that explore this relatio... Read More about Divine Markets: Ethnographic Notes on Postnationalism and Moral Consumption in India.

Natives, Subjects, Consumers: Postcolonial Masculinities: Masculinities and Change: Notes on Continuities and Transformations in Indian Masculine Cultures (2016)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2016). Natives, Subjects, Consumers: Postcolonial Masculinities: Masculinities and Change: Notes on Continuities and Transformations in Indian Masculine Cultures. Masculinites and Social Change, 5(1), 1905. https://doi.org/10.17583/mcs.2016.1905

This article explores recent histories of masculine cultures in India. The discussion proceeds through outlining the most significant sites of the making of masculinity discourses during the colonial, the immediate post-colonial as well as the contem... Read More about Natives, Subjects, Consumers: Postcolonial Masculinities: Masculinities and Change: Notes on Continuities and Transformations in Indian Masculine Cultures.

Masculinity Studies and Feminism: Othering the Self (2015)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2015). Masculinity Studies and Feminism: Othering the Self. Economic and political weekly, 50(20), 33-36

Masculinity studies emerges from a conversation with feminism rather than either political activism that equates to feminist endeavours or reaction against the historical experience of oppression. But can men as social beings take part in a "conversa... Read More about Masculinity Studies and Feminism: Othering the Self.

Schooling, Culture and Modernity (2015)
Book Chapter
Srivastava, S. (2015). Schooling, Culture and Modernity. In M. Thapan (Ed.), Education and Society: Themes, Perspectives, Practices. Oxford University Press

Entangled urbanism: Slum, Gated community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon (2015)
Book
Srivastava, S. (2015). Entangled urbanism: Slum, Gated community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198099147.001.0001

What makes a city? Rather than a totality, a city is best understood through focusing upon different but interconnected spaces and processes that make for both dynamism and instability in human lives. Hence, the book ranges across a number of sites i... Read More about Entangled urbanism: Slum, Gated community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon.

Modi-masculinity: Media, Manhood and ‘Traditions’ in a Time of Consumerism (2015)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2015). Modi-masculinity: Media, Manhood and ‘Traditions’ in a Time of Consumerism. Television and New Media, 16(4), 331-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476415575498

Media discourses—both independent journalism and advertisements—during the 2014 general election in India articulated a gendered focus on a significant aspect of Narendra Modi’s public representation relating to his forceful masculinity. His election... Read More about Modi-masculinity: Media, Manhood and ‘Traditions’ in a Time of Consumerism.

Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and “Indian Traditions” in the Contemporary Hindi “Detective” Novel (2013)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2013). Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and “Indian Traditions” in the Contemporary Hindi “Detective” Novel. Interventions, 15(4), 567-585. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2013.849426

This essay investigates the sexual cultures of contemporary Hindi-language ‘detective’ novels by focusing on the writings of one of India's biggest-selling authors, Ved Prakash Sharma. Sharma's novels are usually available at railway stations and bus... Read More about Thrilling Affects: Sexuality, Masculinity, the City and “Indian Traditions” in the Contemporary Hindi “Detective” Novel.

Sexuality Studies (2013)
Book
Srivastava, S. (Ed.). (2013). Sexuality Studies. Oxford University Press

Sexuality, in all societies, pervades every aspect of social existence and remains an enigmatic theme of research in social sciences. In India, especially, the overwhelming diversity in language, ethnicity, community, caste, and class; the multitudes... Read More about Sexuality Studies.

Duplicity, Intimacy, Community: Of Identity Cards, Permits and Other Fake Documents in Delhi’ (2012)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2012). Duplicity, Intimacy, Community: Of Identity Cards, Permits and Other Fake Documents in Delhi’. Thesis Eleven, 113(1), 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/0725513612456686

In the annals of Indian modernity, narratives of tricksters and counterfeiters have a long, popular, and cautionary history. The topographies of deception outlined by colonial and post-colonial police reports established both its history as an aspect... Read More about Duplicity, Intimacy, Community: Of Identity Cards, Permits and Other Fake Documents in Delhi’.

A Hijra, a Female Pradhan and a Real Estate Dealer: Between the Market, the State and 'Community' (2011)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2011). A Hijra, a Female Pradhan and a Real Estate Dealer: Between the Market, the State and 'Community'. Economic and political weekly, 46(51), 44-52

The history of 20th century Delhi is an intertwined history of the city and the slum. Investigating strategies of being and belonging deployed by the urban poor in the Delhi basti of Nangla Matchi, which was demolished in 2006, this paper explores th... Read More about A Hijra, a Female Pradhan and a Real Estate Dealer: Between the Market, the State and 'Community'.

Fragmentary Pleasures: Masculinity, Urban Spaces and Commodity Politics in Delhi (2010)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2010). Fragmentary Pleasures: Masculinity, Urban Spaces and Commodity Politics in Delhi. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16(4), 835-852. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01656.x

Building upon theorizations of gender, space and subjectivity, and consumer cultures, this article explores contemporary masculinity politics in Delhi. It focuses upon a group of young men of the Bajrang Dal, an organization of the Hindu Right, in or... Read More about Fragmentary Pleasures: Masculinity, Urban Spaces and Commodity Politics in Delhi.

"Revolution Forever": Consumerism and Object Lessons for the Urban Poor (2010)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2010). "Revolution Forever": Consumerism and Object Lessons for the Urban Poor. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 44(1), 103-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/006996671004400206

This article explores the cultures of urban spaces and consumerism at the economic and cultural margins of the city. Building upon contemporary research on the efflorescence of consumerism in the wake of economic ‘liberalisation’, it focuses on the i... Read More about "Revolution Forever": Consumerism and Object Lessons for the Urban Poor.

Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral middle classes in Delhi (2009)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2009). Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral middle classes in Delhi. Economic and political weekly, 44(26), 338-345

A presentation of an ethnography of the relationship between urban spaces, new cultures of consumption, the state, and the making of middle class identities in India. Firstly, the discussion explores the making of new urban spaces by focusing upon th... Read More about Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral middle classes in Delhi.

Passionate Modernity: Sexuality, Class and Consumption in India (2007)
Book
Srivastava, S. (2007). Passionate Modernity: Sexuality, Class and Consumption in India. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367817619

Combining historical and ethnographic analysis, this book deals with the making of the heterosexual imagination from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present in the Indian context. This unique book uses methods from anthropology, cultura... Read More about Passionate Modernity: Sexuality, Class and Consumption in India.

Ghummakkads’, a Woman’s Place, and the LTCwalas: Towards a Critical History of ‘Home’, ‘Belonging’ and ‘Attachment (2005)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2005). Ghummakkads’, a Woman’s Place, and the LTCwalas: Towards a Critical History of ‘Home’, ‘Belonging’ and ‘Attachment. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 39(3), 375-405. https://doi.org/10.1177/006996670503900302

This article seeks to re-think the perspective within South Asian studies that speaks of the fixity of home and belonging in the Indian context. Accumulated scholarly wisdom frequently points to the singularity and transparency of ideas of attachment... Read More about Ghummakkads’, a Woman’s Place, and the LTCwalas: Towards a Critical History of ‘Home’, ‘Belonging’ and ‘Attachment.

Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes. Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia (2004)
Book
Srivastava, S. (Ed.). (2004). Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes. Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9788132103844

This book situates current research into the sexual cultures of South Asia within a cross-cultural perspective. The book argues that in societies undergoing rapid social and cultural change, the construction of sexuality and the discourses that gathe... Read More about Sexual Sites, Seminal Attitudes. Sexualities, Masculinities and Culture in South Asia.